CVEvulnerability
CVE-2008-1946
4.4 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2008-07-28
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.4 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-264
Description
The default configuration of su in /etc/pam.d/su in GNU coreutils 5.2.1 allows local users to gain the privileges of a (1) locked or (2) expired account by entering the account name on the command line, related to improper use of the pam_succeed_if.so module.
Affected configurations
• gnu coreutils 5.2.1
Related
Weakness · not in database (1)
References
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0780.html rhn.redhat.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31225 Vendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1020552 securitytracker.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30363 www.securityfocus.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43993 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10029 oval.cisecurity.org
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0780.html rhn.redhat.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31225 Vendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1020552 securitytracker.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30363 www.securityfocus.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43993 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10029 oval.cisecurity.org